SHORT OF MEN
THE BUILDING INDUSTRY
APPEAL TO PRIME MINISTER
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, December 2. Immediate action to assist in meeting the serious position in the building industry throughout the Domin!ion was urged by the Master Builders' Association at a largely attended meet- | ing today. The meeting considered the extreme shortage of labour, particularly carpenters and general -labourers, and unanimously resolved to approach the Prime Minister with a view to delaying further the calling up of skilled tradesmen for three months, the posi- | tion to be reviewed at the end of February; also to urge that skilled tradesmen now in camp be released for three months and that Mr. Webb be asked to arrange a conference next week with the trade unions concerned with a view to an extension of the working week, additional hours to be paid for on the basis of a flat rate.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 134, 3 December 1940, Page 11
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